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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday july 20 1950 claremont and district by staff correspondent miss joan sanderson resigned from her position with the local bank which she has held for several years and has been enjoy ing a few holidays in toronto dur ing the past week mr and mrs john badgerow and son have been enjoying holidays during the past week miss joan middleton has become the junior member of the staff of claremont bank of commerce mr blair evans has taken a position with chas cooper hard ware business mr and mrs koy ward spent the weekend at their cottage mrs g mclntyre has returned home after spending a week in ottawa at the home of her brother mr and mrs james milen called on mr james rumney on sunday last mr rumney has been con fined to his home the last few weeks owing to illness we wish him a speedy recovery the baptist church picnic will be held on saturday afternoon of this week at ratclilfs park buses will leave the church grounds at 1245 for all requiring transporta tion everyone bring lunch baskets and expect a good time mrs d pugh entertained a group of seven ladies last tuesday to a social time and supper at her home which was greatly enjoyed by all present mrs john nichol and son lome of toronto visited with miss margaret graham over the week end the baptist circle will meet on tuesday july 25th at the home of mrs coates at 230 oclock mrs c gosticks group will be in charge of the program on india all mem bers please attend the regular wa meeting will be held on thursday july 27th at 3 oclock in the sunday school room commencing at 530 pm the goodfellowship class will serve the usual supper to which every one is invited there will be a slight increase in price as it has been found unprofitable to serve at such a low figure such excellent meals it is hoped there will be as good attendance as usual the wms met last thursday afternoon in the sunday school room for their regular july meet ing mrs loyst spoke of the work of the first woman president of the dominion board of the wms before and since union and also the present member there have been nine presidents since union mrs carson spoke on temperance and mrs lehman on christian stewardship and finance an invitation to mt zion in connec tion with greenwood wms on thursday afternoon aug 3rd at the home of mrs geo wilson was accepted claremont society to provide the program mr and mrs will palmer mr and mrs walter ward mrs con ner and miss deurdon attended the wedding of betty pretty former claremont girl to bertram k fleming on saturday afternoon at st adrians church toronto miss deurdon is an aunt of the bride and the oldest guest present being 87 years of age local dealers madills store and overlands store mrs loyst is at present visiting in toronto edmund warden charlie day ross jackman and bob masters spent the weekend at bancroft mr harry boose of toronto spent the weekend at his home here mr and mis stephen wills mr and mrs george allman and family of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs gerald allman and family during the weekend mr and mrs arthur loyst and children of whitby and mr and mrs w pyatt and family of tor onto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs grant taylor mr and mrs criddell mrs ward miss ward and miss robson held at cedar glen park on friday business men stage paper collection the recreation committee of the claremont business mens associa tion is having a paper collection on tuesday july 25 tie your old papers in bundles and a truck will call and pick them up arrange ments are being made whereby those living out of the village may leave their papers at some conven ient place audley the community club picnic was pent sunday with mr and mrs james rumney mr and mrs john judd and family spent sunday with mr and mrs judd sr at zephyr bobbie remained for a weeks holiday with his grandparents mr craig weaver of toronto was guest speaker at the fireside meeting of the bahi world faith held at the home of mr and mrs jesse warden on saturday even ing mr weaver gave as his topic war or peace which was very interesting to hear on saturday evening july 22 a fireside will again be held with another guest speaker being present cost of living not the only thing thats up the cost of living is not the only thing thats going up in claremont it is reported that at a meeting recently held of the local cemetery board the price of plots in the claremont burying ground has jumped from 50 to 100 these prices include perpetual care it is understood that the size of plots has been increased from 16xlg to 16x18 former local sectionman dead the funeral of the late herb hurtibese former section foreman of cnr at claremont was held on saturday morning july 15th at oshawa from the home of a daugh ter with whom he had been living for the past four years with mrs hurtibese mr hurtibese was afflicted with a paralytic stroke from which he did not recover and about three months ago had a leg removed the hurtibese family resided near the local cpr station until about four years ago when they moved to oshawa left to mourn his loss are his wife and four daughters a number of friends from clare mont attended the funeral on sat urday pickering will license pinball machines at a special meeting of picker ing council held last week authorization was given to license pinball machines operating with in the municipality the fee will be 50 for the first machine and 25 for each succeeding one during world war ii us pennies were made largely from shell cases with only a small amount of virgin copper added to bring the alloy up to legal standards last when about 75 attended and had a most enjoyable time owing to haying weather and canning crop demands secial were pre vented from attending the com mittee in charge of the supper arrangements made a good job and food ice cream and chocolate milk were served to all president bert guthrie and the officers were pre sent and assisted greatly in the success of the day after supper a ball game was staged with married men single men and girls and many younger folk taking part the winning team was treated by the secretary miss jordan and they liked the diamond so well that they played another game on wednesday last j c bryant who has been laid off for some time with a lame foot is still confined to his room his friends hope for his speedy return to health district representative fair of uxbridge was in our district last week trying to locate the soil troubles on the clemence farm soil samples and careful observa tion were made mrs wannacott sr has returned to her home in bowmanville after a visit with relatives here she celebrated her 82nd birthday on sunday last at a party in the orono park we overlooked congratulating the pupils of our public school for their good showing in the entrance promotions all but one being successful tibetans drink an average of 30 to 50 cups of tea a day a book dictated by marco polo in prison was the most popular source of european knowledge of the far east for three centuries and mrs whose marriage was solemniz ed recently at the parsonage of greenbank united church formerly miss helen ruth wilson the bride is the daugh- earl thos anrcrson ter of mr and mrs george t wilson of balsam and the bridegroom is the son of mr and mrs maitland anderson of claremont bus service tonoxto east bound read down brougham toronto time claremont west bound read op pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm dally ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 265 305 315 320 325 336 snn hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 1025 danforth and luttrell 1035 scarboro jet 1060 malvern am dally ex sun hoi 840 810 800 746 1053 browns cor 742 w65 town line 740 1105 cedar grove markham 730 1116 locust hill 720 1120 oreen river 715 1125 brougham 710 1135 claremont 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 356 345 pm sun hoi 936 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 816 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal at 074 bay street toronto danforth bus lines brougham the womens institute held its july meeting in the form of a picnic at greenwood park ideas and suggestions were given as to the form of entertainment to cele brate the 40th anniversary in the fall the children enjoyed the races each child receiving a prize prizes were also given to the members for throwing the rolling pin kicking the shoe the farthest to the oldest and the youngest a guessing contest was most interest ing the sports committee did an excellent job and deserves creditas the rain of the forenoon was dis couraging but the weather man co operated by turning a dull morn ing into a sunshiny afternoon everyone enjoyed the picnic supper which was held in the new ly erected pavilion miss gladys witter of toronto spent the weekend with her aunt mrs l matthews her mother mrs r w witter who has spent the past week with mrs matthews returned home with her mrs ernest and roy visited mr t gammage one day last week miss wilcox of toronto who is not in the best of health is staying with her sister mrs b ritchie airs t anderson and daughter of toronto spent the weekend with mrs kenneth pascoe while mr anderson enjoyed a fishing trip north mrs geo philip spent the week end with friends in toronto mr and mrs e e annis of orono visited friends here during the weekend mr and mrs w j brown and mrs dryman and son john of toronto visited mrs brown here on sunday the shea reunion was held at hollywood farm of wilmot shea manila on sunday afternoon thirtyfive members enjoyed the annual family gettogether mr carl devitt spent the week end with friends at owen sound mr and mrs douglas burton of detroit visited with their aunt and uncle mr and mis m hamilton last week mrs wm ellicott visited her daughter mrs ford of highland creek last week mr and mrs fred blackburn of millwaukee wis returned after two weeks vacation with their cousins mr and mrs wes slack mr russel gray donald wan- nop and jack mairs enjoyed the weekend fishing at balsam lake mrs robert malcolm spent the weekend at long branch mr grant malcolm of gait visit ed friends here over the weekend miss patricia coakwell of tor onto has been holidaying with her cousin dorothy wilson mr and mrs harold crawforth of whitby had tea sunday evening with her mother mrs a b mathews the friendly bible class are holding their august meeting at the home of mr and mrs manson ellicott on july 31st due to civic holiday falling on the regular meeting date mr and mrs lloyd johnston and allen are back from holiday ing through quebec and boston to portland miami mr m hamilton visited his brother frank and the earl hogle family in columbus one day last week the ball game played last week between brougham and west- mount resulted in the score 138 in favor of brougham farmers headquarters claremont for binder twine rope district baler twine stock and barn spray lundy fence and gates ready roofing asphalt shingles insulated siding and rock wool insulation gyproc lath and waliboard electric fencers and batteries coop master feeds blue coal claremont cooperative phone 38 claremont carter hood reunion at oshawa the annual carterhood reunion was held this year on sunday july lgth at geneva park the day was ideal for such a gathering friends were present from toronto mimico oshawa port perry ajax brougham markham and green river many of them having not met since last years gathering the afternoon was spent in renewing old acquaintances and meeting new ones after which all enjoyed the picnic supper about 85 were present the oldest was mr c hood of oshawa and the youngest was master rickie bal lard of port perry it was decided to hold another gathering next year at the same place and in the meantime to try and arrange to have a family tree made suspend sentence for year on pickering mother of five on a charge of fraud by tender chimpanzees sometimes perform a kind of dance ing a worthless cheque in payment for rent on a cementmixer mrs beatrice baker of cherrywood mother of five children was placed on oneyear suspended sentence when she appeared in magistrates court in whitby last week before magistrate frank s ebbs she pleaded guilty the worthless cheque for 30 was given to gordon foster of toronto in payment for back rent on a cementmixer rent by lionel baker husband of the guilty woman mr foster said the bank refused to cash the cheque when asked by the bench if her husband was present in court she replied no i havent seen him since last thursday when he left for work he goes away period ically who is looking after the child ren asked magistrate ebbs they are alone was the quiet reply it looks to me as if this woman is being used as a tool comment ed the magistrate to crown attor ney alex c hall kc the crown attorney said he thought suspended sentence was in order well she certainly deserves sus pended sentence replied the bench mrs bakers five children range in age from four to fourteen years old sale recorded of uxbridge twp land by laura secord one of the most historic docu ments on file at the county regis try office in whitby was discover ed recently in an instrument known in the early days as a memorial signed by laura secord canadian heroine during the war of 1812 who warned the british of the impending american attack which resulted in the capture of american forces at beaver dams ontario june 1813 the instrument dated 25th of february 1820 executed in the district of upper canada conveys 172 acres of land in the township of uxbridge described as lot 37 7th concession to one george moffat for the sum of 64 pounds 10 shillings the land had been given to laura secord by the crown presumably in recognition of the heroic service she had rendered to the government and the canadian people the land had been patent ed to laura secord march 31 1807 which is 143 years ago the instru ment of the sale was drawn on august 16 1819 and registered in york 1820 at that time of course ontario county was not in exist ence the division of york to create ontario county coming several years later the instrument is in laura secords handwriting and the penmanship is very excellent and clear it has been well pre served and will continue to be it is a very definite link between the past and the present an examination of the books at the registry office reveals the fact that the land sold by laura secord has been divided up and has differ ent owners one firm bought 86 acres of it and it has been sold in different parcels it is said to be fairly good pasture land oooaoooocksoodooob stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gravel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 125 office phones 370 and 120 neooaoooocoooooexai claremont field day sports evening entertainment wed july 26 in aid of baseball floodlight fund under auspices of claremont business association afternoon mens baseball tournament prize 3000 4 teams first four to enter mail entries to j w padgett phone claremont 2501 first game starts 200 pm final game at 630 pm childrens races prizes ladies novelty race something new horse shoe pitching 500 prize dont miss this games of chance and skill for young and old evening al harvey mc supported by the following celebrated entertainers claire rouse musical hobo mildred morey bombshell doug romaine canadas funniest comedian jack ayre pianist bring the family help the floodlight campaign admission 50c cars 25c public school children free